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Originally Posted by rubecube
Actually a better example than doctors, etc., are female professors at universities, who on average earn about 80% of what male professors do when taking into consideration equal tenure, status, etc.
There's also this:
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.pdf
Pretty much across the board, women in comparable jobs are earning less than their male counterparts.
There's a bigger summary of things here:
http://www.aauw.org/research/the-sim...ender-pay-gap/ |
Rube, I would point out your study is US based. I would almost bet if the same study were done in Canada, the numbers would be much closer. We are far more progressive than backwater USA.
Also, I would be very curious how paternity leave factors into the numbers, and also seniority. Because many times women will run out their paternity leave, then opt to be laid off and take more time. Then start with another company and lose any seniority based pay incentives they accrued. Someone isn't realistically going to go from company A as a senior staff member, to company B at the bottom of the totem pole, and expect the same compensation.